National Institute of Education, Singapore

Current Appointments

• Dean, Education Research (since April 2010)
• Honorary Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong (since February 2008)
• Honorary Professor, Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney (since May 2007)
• Adjunct Professor, Sun Yat Sen (Zhongshan) University (for postgraduate programmes in education) (since July 2005)

Previous Appointments

• Chair of Comparative Education, Hong Kong Institute of Education [July 2008 to April 2010]
• Vice President (Academic) and Deputy to the President, Hong Kong Institute of Education (as VP Academic in May 2007 and Acting President during June to December 2007) [January 2008 to April 2010]
• Director of International Development, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sydney [July 2005 to April 2007]
• Honorary Professor, Hong Kong Institute of Education [January 2006 to April 2007]
• Head, Department of Educational Policy and Administration; concurrently Head, Centre for Citizenship Education (1999 to 2005), The Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd) [July 2003 to June 2005]
• Head, Department of Social Sciences, HKIEd [April 2002 to August 2002]
• Founding Dean, School of Foundations in Education, HKIEd [September 1998 to August 2001]
• Associate Dean of Education (September 1996 to August 1998), University of Hong Kong [April 1996 to August 1998]
• Founding Director, Comparative Education Research Centre, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong [September 1994 to September 1996]
• Lecturer in Chinese Language (Part-time), College of Arts & Technology Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK [December 1984 to June 1987]
• Teacher & Panel Chairman, Chinese Language and Literature, Christian Alliance College, Hong Kong [September 1977 to August 1984]

Introduction

Prof Lee Wing On has previously served in various capacities at the Hong Kong Institute of Education, as Vice President (Academic) and Deputy to the President, Chair Professor of Comparative Education, Founding Dean of the School of Foundations in Education, Head of Department of Educational Policy and Administration, Head of Department of Social Sciences, Co-Director of Centre for Governance and Citizenship, and Co-Head of the Centre for Citizenship Education. In 2005, he was recruited by the University of Sydney to be Professor of Education at the Faculty of Education and Social Work and Director (International) at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. He has also served at the University of Hong Kong as Associate Dean of Education and Founding Director of the Comparative Education Research Centre.

Prof Lee is a world-renowned scholar in the fields of comparative education, citizenship education, and moral and values education. He has published over 20 books and 100 journal articles and book chapters. He has obtained research funding of over HK$34 million during his academic service in Hong Kong. He has been Visiting/Honorary Professor for a number of universities in the UK, the USA and Chinese Mainland. He has served as a consultant for World Bank and Asian Development Bank projects, and is at present a member of the International Advisory Board of Mongolian Education Alliance.  He has also served on the International Steering Committee of the 1995 IEA Civic Education Study, and is now serving on the Project Advisory Committee of the 2009 IEA International Civics and Citizenship Study. In Hong Kong, he has served on various committees in Curriculum Development Council (CDC), Quality Education Fund (QEF), the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ), Central Policy Unit (CPU), and Education Commission (EC).

In 2003, Prof Lee  received the Medal of Honour awarded by the Hong Kong Government. He was also awarded the Bronze Education Award and Education Innovation Award from the Educational Art Research Association and the Educational Development Forum in Beijing. In 2010, he received the Hong Kong Soka Gakkai International Award for his contribution to values education. 

Education

Prof Lee received his PhD (Education) in 1988 from the University of Durham, UK. He completed his Dip Education (Distinction) in 1983 from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Dip Christian Studies in 1981 from the China Graduate School of Theology. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Chinese Studies from the University of Hong Kong in 1977.

Research Interests

• Comparative and international education
• Civics and citizenship education
• Values and moral education
• Cultural studies in education
• Asian models of education

Professional Contributions

Editorial Board

• ICAC Journal of Moral Education (Hong Kong) (Chair)
• The Open Education Journal
• Cambridge Journal of Education
• Journal of Chinese Moral Education (JCME)
• Citizenship Teaching and Learning: A journal of citiZED (UK) (Regional Editor)
• Journal of Educational Research (Taiwan and Mainland editions)
• Hong Kong Teachers’ Centre Education Journal (Board of Advisors)
• Evaluation and Research in Education (Routledge)
• International Advisory Board New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies (since 2007)
• Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education (Routledge)
• International Journal of Comparative Religious Education and Values (Germany)

External Examiner/Assessor

• Hong Kong Baptist University
• University of Bristol
• Durham University
• The University of Hong Kong
• The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• University of Nottingham
• Open University of Hong Kong
• Hong Kong Research Grants Council
• The University of Sydney
• The University of Technology, Sydney

Appointment to Government Committees

• Member, Education Commission (since 2009)
• Member, Central Policy Unit (2009)
• Member, Task Group on National Education of the Commission on Strategic Development of the Central Policy Unit (2008)
• Member, Curriculum Development Council (2003 to 2005; 2007 to 2010)
• Panel Member, Comprehensive Review for a DSS School, Education Bureau (2007)
• Member, Steering Committee of Quality Education Fund (Chair of Sub-committees on Assessment and Dissemination and Promotion) (2000 to 2005)
• Chair of Education Panel, Research Assessment Exercise 2006; Member of Social Sciences Panel, Research Assessment Exercise 1999, Research Grants Council

Professional/Academic Contribution and Influence

• Hong Kong Soka Gakkai Award, Soka Gakkai International Hong Kong (HKSGI) (2010)
• Awarded Certificate of Merit, Quality Education Fund Outstanding Project Awards. Project: Enhancement Scheme for the Implementation of Citizenship Education in Hong Kong Primary Schools (May 2008)
• Invited by Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic & Vocational Qualifications to be the Member of the Standing Review Committee for Qualifications Assessment (SRCQA) (2008 to 2010)
• Appointed Honorary Professor by the Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong (February 2008)
• Appointed to the Project Advisory Committee for the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS), which is a new round of IEA Civic Education Study involving 40 countries (since February 2008)
• Chair, Search Committee for the President of World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES) (2007)

Honours/Awards

• Hong Kong Soka Gakkai Award, Soka Gakkai International Hong Kong (HKSGI) (2010)
• Included in Who’s Who in the World, (Marquis Who’s Who Publication, 26th Ed., 2009; 27th Ed., 2010)
• Specialist and Scholar Collection: Moral Education, Nanjing Normal University, 2007, http://202.119.108.48/dyxr/Default.aspx?id='22'
• Quality Education Fund Outstanding Project Award, Certificate of Merit, Enhancement Scheme for the Implementation of Citizenship Education in Hong Kong Primary Schools (2008)
• Medal of Honour, Hong Kong Government (2003)
• Bronze Medal Educator Award, The Chinese Association of Educational Art and the Committee of Chinese Educational Development Forum, Beijing (2003)
• Education Innovation Award, The Chinese Association of Educational Art and the Committee of Chinese Educational Development Forum, Beijing (2003)
• Who's Who in Education: Higher Education (WWEHE), AcademicKeys, available at: http://education.academickeys.com/ (2007)
• Asia/Pacific Who’s Who, Vol. VI (New Delhi: Refacimento International, 2006, p. 477)
• Who’s Who in the HKSAR 2004 (Hong Kong: Sing Tao Publishing, 2004)
• Who’s Who in the HKSAR 2000 (Hong Kong: PA Professional Consultants Ltd, 2001)
• Who’s Who in Distance Learning (Germany: International Where+How, 2001)
• Distinguished paper in China: Lee, W. O. (1996). Influences of modernisation on traditional oriental ethical education. In Z. Wang (Ed.), Excellent scientific treatises in China, Vol. 1 (Education) (pp. 4-9). Sichuan, China: Sichuan People’s Press.; together with a Certificate of Distinguished Paper.
• Honorary Professor, Hong Kong Institute of Education (2006 to 2007)
• Senior Advisor, Society of Chinese Australian Academics (SCAA) (since September 2005)
• Honorary Associate Professor, Department of Education, University of Hong Kong (28 November 2000 to 30 September 2001)
• Associate Member, Comparative Education Research Centre, University of Hong Kong (since 21 March 2000)

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